{"product_id":"my-years-with-ayn-rand-paperback-softback-9780787945138","title":"My Years with Ayn Rand (Paperback \/ softback) 9780787945138","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMy Years with Ayn Rand\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNathaniel Branden (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780787945138, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 February 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.2 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.646 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Dr. Branden's account of his complex relationship with theliterary great . . . allows us a fascinating glimpse into thepassions of their lives--intellectual and personal. . . . [It is]not only a memoir of a mythic woman . . . but a chronicle of astirring intellectual commitment to a political morality thatindivudally could only fail.\" (NAPRA ReView)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"What a story! It's heroic, romantic, deadly, horrifying,tender-and I couldn't put it down.\" (George Leonard, author of TheTransformation and Education and Education and Ecstasy)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Relentlessly revealing. . . the myth of Ayn Rand gives way to afull-sized portrait in contrasting colors, appealing and appalling,potent and paradoxical. . . . it takes a special kind of nerve towrite such a book.\" (Norman Cousins, author of Head First and TheHealing Heart)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Non-stop theater. All the ingredients are there: conflict,colorful characters, suspense, and a Greek inevitability of tragedyborn of hubris. There's a nexus of sex nearly dizzying in itspermutations.\" (Dale Wasserman, playwright and screenwriter, Man ofLa Mancha and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Branden plots his relationship with Rand from a psychologicalvantage point, with devastatingly articulate results. . . . Afascinating portrait of Rand and her disciples.\" (KirkusReviews)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Do you know my greatest reward for 'The Fountainhead?' You.\" (AynRand to Nathaniel Branden)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrevious Praise for Nathaniel Branden\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Relentlessly revealing. . . the myth of Ayn Rand gives way to a full-sized portrait in contrasting colors, appealing and appalling, potent and paradoxical. . . . it takes a special kind of nerve to write such a book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eNorman Cousins\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHead First\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Healing Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAyn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century-its popular impact ranked second only to the Bible in a major poll. Millions know Rand as one of this century's great thinkers, writers, and philosophers, yet much about the private Ayn Rand remains shrouded in mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho was Ayn Rand?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Years with Ayn Rand\u003c\/i\u003e charts the course of the clandestine, tempestuous relationship between the enigmatic author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead and Nathaniel Branden-her young disciple and future pioneer of the self-esteem movement. In this book, discover the real Ayn Rand through the eyes of the man who became her soul mate and shared her passions and philosophical ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir tragic and tumultuous love story began with a letter written by Branden as an admiring teenage fan and Anded, more than twenty years later, with accusations of betrayal and bitter recriminations. \u003ci\u003eMy Years with Ayn Rand\u003c\/i\u003e paints an unforgettable portrait of Ayn Rand-whose ideas, even today, can generate a maelstrom of controversy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor's Note\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDedication\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472078074136,"sku":"9780787945138","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780787945138.jpg?v=1785716210","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/my-years-with-ayn-rand-paperback-softback-9780787945138","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}